Arabic News Weekly Edition for Egypt, 1/17/2005
Weekly Edition, Egypt - Week of January 17, 2005
- Rasheed: 33% increase in exports to Arab states
Egypt's Foreign Trade and Industry Ministry Rashid Mohamed Rashid said his ministry has been adopting a trend of promoting and intensifying the Egyptian trade ties with the Arab region at all economic, trade and technical levels. Egypt-Regional, Economics, 1/21/2005 - Akef: Jamal Mubarak will assume presidency
The general guide of the Muslim Brothers group in Egypt, Muhammad Mahdi Akef, said he expects the son of President Hosni Mubarak, Jamal, will be the president of the country but not at this time. Egypt, Politics, 1/19/2005 - Egypt's, US free trade area negotiations approaching Egypt-USA, Economics, 1/19/2005
- Egypt, Chile sign cooperation agreements in education, energy, gas
Egypt and Chile yesterday signed co-operation agreements in education, energy and natural gas and called for boosting their trade exchange, an official statement said. Egypt-Chile, Politics, 1/18/2005 - Mubarak rejects settling the Palestinians in al-Ghardaqa
Egypt has refused a proposal to settle the Palestinians in al-Ghardaqa desert on the Red Sea in return for a generous financial deal. Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 1/18/2005 - David Welch: Egypt heads to important investment stage
US ambassador in Cairo David Welch said Monday Egypt will witness an important stage of investments, for which it owns qualified infrastructure. Egypt-USA, Economics, 1/18/2005 - Nazif opens Um el Masryeen - Muneeb underground metro
Prime Minister Dr Ahmed Nazif yesterday inaugurated the fifth phase of Line 2 of the Greater Cairo underground metro. The fifth phase links Um El Masryeen to El Muneeb in Giza. Egypt, Local, 1/18/2005 - Baz, Powell telephone Abu Mazen Palestine-Egypt, Politics, 1/18/2005
- Egyptian FM meets Iraqi diplomats Egypt-Iraq, Politics, 1/18/2005
- Mohammed el-Orbai : One million German tourists visited Egypt in 2004 Egypt-Germany, Economics, 1/18/2005
- Mubarak in an interview with al-Arabiya: religious parties are prohibited,all can join parliamentary as individuals
President Mubarak said that peace could only be achieved through a real desire by the two sides, pointing out that violence would only end by sitting at the negotiating table. Egypt-Regional, Politics, 1/17/2005 - Ahmed Shafiq: Egypt denies violation of Israeli air space Egypt-Israel, Politics, 1/17/2005
- GAFI Chairman: One-stop-shop operates today Egypt, Economics, 1/17/2005